Biological marker distribution and significance in oils and rocks of the Monterey Formation, California

Curiale, Joseph A.; Cameron, Dale R.; Davis, Dean V.

doi:10.1016/0016-7037(85)90210-8

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“…1) (Magoon & Issacs, 1983;Curiale et al, 1985). Thus, the carbonisotopic compositions of our NEVR samples closely approach those of California oils.…”

Section: Non-exxon Valdez Residues (Nevr)mentioning

confidence: 73%

“…Selected ratios of these compounds were calculated from peak heights on mass chromatograms. Identification of 25-norhopanes was based on work by Curiale et al (1985). Aromatic hydrocarbons were identified by monitoring molecular ions (m/z) of naphthalenes (128, 142, 156, 170), phenanthrenes (178,192,206,220), dibenzothiophenes (184,198,212,226), and the major-fragment ion of triaromatic steranes (231).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Thus, the carbonisotopic compositions of our NEVR samples closely approach those of California oils. Second, several molecular parameters of our NEVR samples (Table 1) are characteristie of Monterey-sourced California oils studied by Curiale et al (1985). For example, the hopane and sterane epimer ratios of the NEVR samples [C31 S/(S+R)=0.56 and C29 S/(S+R)=0.31, respectively] are unusually low and fall within the unusually low ranges of California crude oils, in which hopane epimer ratios are from 0.51 to 0.61 and sterane epimer ratios are from 0.22 to 0.52.…”

Section: Non-exxon Valdez Residues (Nevr)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Hydrocarbons in oil residues on beaches of islands of Prince William Sound, Alaska

Kvenvolden

Hostettler

Rapp

et al. 1993

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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Aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons were measured on oil residues from beaches on six islands in Prince William Sound, Alaska. In addition to altered products from the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989, we also found, at two widely separated locations, residues that are similar to each other but chemically distinct from the spilled oil. Terpanes, steranes, monoaromatic steranes, and carbon isotopic compositions of total extracts were most useful in correlating the altered products of the spilled oil. These same parameters revealed that the two non-Valdez samples are likely residues of oil originally produced in California. The results indicate that oil residues currently on the beaches of this estuary have at least two quite different origins.

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“…1) (Magoon & Issacs, 1983;Curiale et al, 1985). Thus, the carbonisotopic compositions of our NEVR samples closely approach those of California oils.…”

Section: Non-exxon Valdez Residues (Nevr)mentioning

confidence: 73%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Non-exxon Valdez Residues (Nevr)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Hydrocarbons in oil residues on beaches of islands of Prince William Sound, Alaska

Kvenvolden

Hostettler

Rapp

et al. 1993

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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“…The heavier oils occur late in the vein-filling history, and one might, therefore, assume that they represent degraded oils that were transported by, and in contact with, water (causing degradation) longer than oils trapped in the early hydrocarbon inclusions. Note, however, that biological markers (Curiale et al, 1985) and other chemical characteristics (Isaacs and Petersen, 1987) suggest that heavy Monterey oils are immature, and not degraded. Homogenization temperatures of both aqueous and petroleum fluid inclusions from the Jalama Beach sample are shown in Fig.…”

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Petroleum migration in the Miocene Monterey Formation, California, USA: constraints from fluid-inclusion studies

Bodnar

1990

Mineral. mag.

148

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The Miocene Monterey Formation constitutes a fracture-controlled petroleum reservoir, with intercalated calcareous and fine-grained siliceous rocks serving as both the source and reservoir for oil accumulations. Petroleum is produced from macroscopic fractures, and numerous tar and asphalt seeps at the surface attest to the present-day movement of hydrocarbons through fractures in the Monterey Formation. Many fractures are filled with carbonate (mostly calcite and dolomite), quartz, baryte and anhydrite. These same fractures often contain tar or oil filling openings, and occasionally a thin layer of oil can be seen coating growth surfaces between two generations of vein-filling minerals.Evidence for migration of fluids through these fractures in the geological past is provided by aqueous and petroleum fluid inclusions contained within vein-filling minerals. Vein-filling dolomite from Jalama Beach contains three different types of primary petroleum inclusions (based on fluorescence characteristics)--indicating that oils with significantly different API gravities flowed through the fractures. Petrographic and microthermometric analyses of oil and coexisting aqueous inclusions indicate that the fracture-filling minerals precipitated from aqueous solutions of seawater salinity at -75-100 ~ and that oil was introduced into the fracture system episodically during mineral growth. A sample from the Lion's Head area consists of early calcite and late quartz, both of which contain aqueous inclusions with seawater salinity. Inclusions in quartz homogenize at slightly higher temperatures than those in calcite. These data are consistent with calcite deposition during an early heating event, followed by quartz deposition during cooling. No petroleum inclusions were observed in the Lion's Head sample.

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“…Highly reducing environments are also suggested by the substantial content of 28,30-dinorhopane (DNH) and 25,28,30-trinorhopane (TNH) in these rocks. These two compounds, typical of petroleum source rocks deposited under anoxic, or euxinic, conditions (Curiale et al, 1985;Mello et al, 1988;Brincat and Abbott, 2001), are best detected and quantified using the MRM transitions 384 ? 191 Da and 370 ?…”

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confidence: 99%

Origin of petroleum in the Neoproterozoic–Cambrian South Oman Salt Basin

Grosjean

Love

Stalvies

et al. 2009

Organic Geochemistry

188

104

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Biological marker distribution and significance in oils and rocks of the Monterey Formation, California

Cited by 159 publications

References 31 publications

Hydrocarbons in oil residues on beaches of islands of Prince William Sound, Alaska

Hydrocarbons in oil residues on beaches of islands of Prince William Sound, Alaska

Petroleum migration in the Miocene Monterey Formation, California, USA: constraints from fluid-inclusion studies

Origin of petroleum in the Neoproterozoic–Cambrian South Oman Salt Basin

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